Within the UK there was a drop in the entire amount of properties in the rental field still there has been an even greater drop in the number of folks in arrears with their rent. Recent study viewed into how many folks were in arrears with their lease throughout the preceding year. This research determined the following decrement during 1993 and 2003.

Social sector tenants in debts decreased from 17% to 12%

Private sector tenants in debts with rent decreased from 9% to 6%

Still there are some notable exceptions to this tendency, particularly 1996 to 1998 if tenants in debts improved for two successive years and more in recent times the number of renters in debts for the private sector has began to raise once again from 2003 to 2004 (one of the most recent information found).

The increased percent of people in debts with their rent within the social sector may be explained by the percentage of tenants in work, as an example recent study data identifies.

Social sector (reference individual per family)

26% in full time employment

15% in part time employment

Private sector (reference individual per family)

67% in full time employment

11% in part time employment

Given these distinctions is seems remarkable which so couple of social sector tenants are in arrears with their rent, yet other factors to take into consideration are govt advantages provided to those not in employment and in specific individuals classified as "economically inactive" which are noted to be 45% within the social sector and 17% inside the private sector.

Another factor to look at is the normal income for folks within the social and private rental sector, investigation for 2003/4 refers to a few extremely substantial variations.

Average revenue for the family reference individual

Social sector £11,900

Private sector £23,300

Owner-occupier £31,900

This data indicates that people in the private rental sector could earn almost twice as much as people in the social sector. Additionally, for people who possess (or are purchasing) their home the average profits appears to be nearly 3 times that of individuals in the social sector.

In general a few interesting information here, but what could be concluded from this? One favourable factor is that there is a certain tendency in the decrease of folks who are in debts with their lease. One doubt this raises is how this trend could be attained within the social sector if the percent of those in employment is so low, and the average income so far below the national average? Possibly there is also a information for private landowners here, why not look at more tenants targeted lodging advantage for the private rental sector?